Health of Communications Minister
For Brazil Continues to Deteriorate

SAO PAULO -- The health of Sergio Motta, Brazil's Communications Minister, deteriorated on Sunday, according to the hospital where he has been hospitalized since April 7.

In a statement from Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein Hospital, Mr. Motta's doctors said that the minister's kidney functions have worsened and he remains sedated and breathing with the assistance of a respirator.